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ChrissyRyan

October 04, 2025, 07:30:16 AM
Do you enjoy eating fish and chips (fries)?


British style seems to taste the best.
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big kim

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October 04, 2025, 08:09:51 AM
Of course  coming from Fleetwood Lancashire
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ChrissyRyan

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October 04, 2025, 03:29:39 PM
Have you tried the popular fish and chips place in Minster?
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ChrissyRyan

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October 04, 2025, 07:02:19 PM
I believe it is a place called Archie's.



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ChrissyRyan

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March 27, 2026, 06:36:30 PM
Is the basic difference between the UK and USA fish and chips essentially the fries?


Short, stubby fries in the UK as opposed to all kinds of fries in the USA?

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Sephirah

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March 27, 2026, 06:40:23 PM
It's more the way they're cooked, Chrissy. Trust me, if you try a triple cooked chip, and a "fry", the difference is night and day. That and... I mean... from what I've seen of US fish portions, they are sold like KFC? In certain amounts of pieces? We don't do that in the UK. You get one fish portion. Usually the bigger, thicker, and crispier, the better. We don't tend to do like a five-piece fish and chips.
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ChrissyRyan

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March 27, 2026, 06:43:15 PM
Quote from: Sephirah on March 27, 2026, 06:40:23 PMIt's more the way they're cooked, Chrissy. Trust me, if you try a triple cooked chip, and a "fry", the difference is night and day. That and... I mean... from what I've seen of US fish portions, they are sold like KFC? In certain amounts of pieces? We don't do that in the UK. You get one fish portion. Usually the bigger, thicker, and crispier, the better. We don't tend to do like a five-piece fish and chips.


Is the fish served with slices of lemon or with malt vinegar?
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ChrissyRyan

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March 27, 2026, 06:44:20 PM
Quote from: Sephirah on March 27, 2026, 06:40:23 PMIt's more the way they're cooked, Chrissy. Trust me, if you try a triple cooked chip, and a "fry", the difference is night and day. That and... I mean... from what I've seen of US fish portions, they are sold like KFC? In certain amounts of pieces? We don't do that in the UK. You get one fish portion. Usually the bigger, thicker, and crispier, the better. We don't tend to do like a five-piece fish and chips.


Yes you can get fish meals with a specific number of pieces. 

Unless you get pan fried fish, it would typically be one fish.
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Sephirah

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March 27, 2026, 06:45:34 PM
Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 27, 2026, 06:43:15 PMIs the fish served with slices of lemon or with malt vinegar?

Usually neither. You add your own. A good chippie just gives you the fish then you add what you want to it.

I don't know of many places that offer lemon in the UK, honestly. You can either get tartar sauce, or salt and vinegar. The former can be relatively expensive compared to the latter, and something I am not wholly fond of.
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ChrissyRyan

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March 27, 2026, 06:49:09 PM
If a fry is triple cooked it has got to be rather crispy or hard.  Is that the way they come out?
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Stottie Girl

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March 27, 2026, 06:58:21 PM
Actually a few of our US friends have shown me that real fish and chips does exist in small pockets in the states.

As Lauren says the perfect chips are triple cooked and the batter is beer batter, not the kind of batter on your chicken nuggests. To triple cook means you parboil the potatoes, then deep fry them on a lower heat, remove then deep fry them again on a very high heat. They become crisp and light on the outside and fluffy and squishy on the inside. perfect! It's totally different to french fries. Mind only the best chippys will do this with their chips. You can get it served on it's own, with tartar sauce or ketchup. Salt and vinegar (a must) and, being northern I like either gravy or curry sauce on the chips.
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Athena

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March 27, 2026, 07:01:01 PM
Sometimes, I normally hate seafood but I can handle a good fish and chips.
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Sephirah

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March 27, 2026, 07:10:36 PM
Quote from: Stottie Girl on March 27, 2026, 06:58:21 PMActually a few of our US friends have shown me that real fish and chips does exist in small pockets in the states.

As Lauren says the perfect chips are triple cooked and the batter is beer batter, not the kind of batter on your chicken nuggests. To triple cook means you parboil the potatoes, then deep fry them on a lower heat, remove then deep fry them again on a very high heat. They become crisp and light on the outside and fluffy and squishy on the inside. perfect! It's totally different to french fries. Mind only the best chippys will do this with their chips. You can get it served on it's own, with tartar sauce or ketchup. Salt and vinegar (a must) and, being northern I like either gravy or curry sauce on the chips.

Haha, yes, chip shop gravy is something else. Something, apparently is only a Northern thing.

This still cracks me up, even after all this time...

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Dawn Kellie

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March 27, 2026, 08:40:45 PM
I've only had the American version and I like it There are other things id rather have
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ChrissyRyan

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March 27, 2026, 08:43:09 PM
Lobster sounds good. 

But not at the moment as I had enough to eat!
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Stottie Girl

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Yesterday at 04:38:23 AM
Quote from: Sephirah on March 27, 2026, 07:10:36 PMHaha, yes, chip shop gravy is something else. Something, apparently is only a Northern thing.

This still cracks me up, even after all this time...

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What the hell have you dragged up there Lauren Ha ha Ha!

"eeeeey up, where's me gravy" is going to be buzzing around my head all day now, cheers!
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Stottie Girl

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Yesterday at 04:43:34 AM
Quote from: Dawn Kellie on March 27, 2026, 08:40:45 PMI've only had the American version and I like it There are other things id rather have
It's all about the fish Kellie. Fish so big you have to have special plates! Would like a pot of curry sauce to dip my chips in though.

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ChrissyRyan

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Yesterday at 03:40:20 PM
Quote from: Stottie Girl on Yesterday at 04:43:34 AMIt's all about the fish Kellie. Fish so big you have to have special plates! Would like a pot of curry sauce to dip my chips in though.




I want that.  Must be a whole fish or one side of one.

Or maybe a slice of a big, big fish.
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Stottie Girl

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Yesterday at 03:54:48 PM
It will either be a Cod or Haddock fillet. You get two fillets like this, one off each side of the spine. these are small cod though, COD can grow pretty big like 3 foot or so. This will be off a Codling.
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ChrissyRyan

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Yesterday at 04:23:04 PM
Do they cook the fish in the same kind of oil or fat as the fries?
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